Dr Ruth Pidsley

Research Officer

Conjoint/Adjunct Role(s)

Conjoint Lecturer in St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW, Australia

Visiting Researcher at King’s College London, UK

Dr Ruth Pidsley is an early career researcher specialising in prostate cancer epigenetics. She joined Prof Susan Clark’s Cancer Epigenetics research lab in 2013 and in collaboration with Prof Gail Risbridger’s group at Monash University she is generating the first detailed epigenome maps of prostate cancer associated fibroblasts.

Ruth recently completed a PhD at King’s College London, UK, investigating the role of DNA methylation in the human brain and neuropsychiatric disorders. Prior to her PhD she attained a degree in Human Sciences from Oxford University, UK (2003-2006) and worked as a Research Assistant at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University, UK (2007-2008).

Since starting her scientific career in 2007, Ruth has published more than 20 papers, she has co-supervised the research projects of MSc and undergraduate students, as well as lecturing on two MSc courses. She is also a member of the Garvan Post Doctoral Development Committee and the NSW Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Committee.

Research Interests

Investigating epigenetic mechanisms in the cells of the prostate cancer microenvironment

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Awards and Honours

2013 - Gottesman-Shields Award for best PhD at the MRC SGDP Department, King’s College London, UK
2012 - Tadion Rideal Prize for best PhD across the biomedical sciences at King’s College London, UK
2008 - MRC Studentship for MSc/PhD course at the MRC SGDP Department, King’s College London, UK
Travel awards and prizes for oral presentations at local and international conferences